{"id":5083,"date":"2025-06-15T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/?post_type=insights&p=5083"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:07:13","slug":"advans-services-help-empower-tunisian-female-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/insights\/advans-services-help-empower-tunisian-female-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Advans Services Help Empower Tunisian Female Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Advans<\/span> Tunisia <\/span>participated in the 60_Decibels microfinance index with a study focusing on gender issues for 3 key microfinance players in Tunisia. Commissioned by <\/span>Proparco<\/span>, <\/span>Advans<\/span> Group’s long-standing partner, the study gathered feedback from 301 customers, 58% of whom were women.<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Advans Tunisia has a positive impact on both business growth and women’s quality of life<\/h3>\n

Advans Tunisia’s financial services have a clear impact on women’s economic empowerment<\/a> and business growth. 82% of female customers surveyed saw their income increase (versus 61% of men), with 25% noting a significant increase. 13% were able to create new jobs (versus 9% of men), illustrating how SME financing in Africa<\/strong> supports female entrepreneurship and local economic development. Advans Tunisia also contributes to a clear improvement in quality of life, with 90% of female customers in the study saying that their quality of life had improved (versus 80% of men), with 33% saying it had improved a lot. This is reflected in a greater ability to invest in their children’s education: 39% of women devote more resources to education since joining Advans (versus 23% of men). While at Advans Group level, impact is often more marked on quality of life versus business for women, Tunisia is an exception: the positive effects of Advans services are stronger for women than for men, both economically and socially. This demonstrates the importance of access to appropriate financial services with <\/span>microfinance for women<\/span><\/b> in Tunisia.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Obtaining financial support has been essential for me and my business. Thanks to the Advans loan, I was able to buy new stock to meet my customers’ demands and increase my profits. The extra income enabled me to make repayments before they were due!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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